After a long, cold winter, the nation's capital is starting to thaw and that means the push to the end of the spring sitting of Parliament is upon us. CTVNews.ca takes a look at five bills to keep an eye on, either because they're likely to become priority focuses, or because of the contention surrounding them.
, being studied by the Public Safety and National Security Committee
Recently, the committee has pivoted from studying the bill itself to hearing from stakeholders on the impacts of theHowever, the bill may be getting renewed focus from the Liberals, buoyed by the series of calls contained in the recently released Nova Scotia Mass Casualty Commission final report.for anyone convicted of gender-based, intimate partner or family violence.
Billed as the Liberals' third "cost of living relief" bill, following last fall's unanimously supported GST rebate and NDP-backed housing benefit initiative, this bill pulls out two specific elements of the 2023 federal budget the Liberals want to see pass in short order. The government has opted to break off these two policy changes likely in hopes that it can get all-party support and see Bill C-46 passed quickly. The NDP is already on board, and the Conservatives have previously said they'd uphold the health funding deals and joined the other parties in passing the GST rebate last time, so we'll see if that translates to voting "yea" this time.
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